You forgot the most important piece of equipment in the bag ...
I have never seen a golf course so unfair to the players. They were not trying to make par. They were trying to survive and stay within 10-15 of above par. I quit watching. I got sick of +10, +15, +12, +14 beside nearly every player’s name. When the likes of Rory, Jordan, and Mick and even slime ball Woods all wind up over +10 above, it is sickening. I simply quit watching people hit out of the weeds or bunkers. All they needed to play this course was a driver, 5 iron, sand wedge, and a weedeater.
It's the greens too. If you are not in the right position with respect to the hole location, you are ****ed. That is if you can even get the ball to stop on the green on your approach.
“I have never seen a golf course so unfair to the players.”
That’s the type of courses played for the US Open. The course is 7,440 yards and the roughs are brutal. Since every one has to face the same conditions, it is actually pretty fair. I don’t care if a golfer shoots a 66 or an 86. If the champion tomorrow wins with a +7, why should I or anyone else care.
I play a few times a year and I usually win with a +25. So really, I like it when these guys are humbled.
I believe the players playing best are still at the top of the leaderboard, but it’s no fun to see pros play like hackers. I’ve seen enough of that to last a lifetime already.
Augusta National is the only organization that knows how to run a major championship.
Worse than Chambers Bay a few years ago??? Horrible course.
You forgot the most important piece of equipment in the bag ...
Over the bridge, through the windmill and into the clown's mouth...